Historical Events In August - 17

0682  On August - 17 st Leo II begins his reign as Catholic Pope   

0754  On this day in history karloman, abbot of Monte cassino, dies at >39   

1180  On this day in history yoritomo Minamoto leads uprising against emperor Kiyomori Taira   

1227  On this day in history death of the Mongol conqueror Genghis Khan.   

1464  Nikolaus von Cusa, German theologist/mathematician/philosopher, dies on August - 17.   

1498  Cardinal Borgia renounced his vows & office to marry a French princess on August - 17.   

1510  On August - 17 edmund Dudley, English treasurer, beheaded   

1536  Pietersz, book publisher (Kersten Knight on this day in history.   

1544  Imperial/English armies occupy Saint-Dizier France on this day in history.   

1553  On this day in history charles III, Duke of Savoy, dies   

1563  On August - 17 king Charles IX of France (13) declared an adult   

1577  On this day in history peace of Bergerac: Political rights for Huguenots   

1579  Francois van Anjou visits English queen Elizabeth I on August - 17.   

1585  Antwerp surrenders after 8 months siege by duke of Parma on August - 17.   

1586  On August - 17 johann V Andreae, German vicar/writer (Christenburg)   

1590  On this day in history john White returns to Roanoke, Virginia to find no trace of colonist's he had left there 3 yrs earlier [or Aug 18, 1591]   

1607  On this day in history pierre de Fermat, mathematician who needed wider margins (Fermat's Last Theorem) [or 1608]   

1635  Francisco de Moncada, Spanish earl of Osuna, dies at 48 on this day in history.   

1648  On this day in history -20] Battle at Preston, Lancashire: Henry Ireton beats Scottish   

1676  On this day in history grimmelshausen, writer, dies   

1681  On August - 17 nikon, [Nikita Minin], patriarch of Rus-orthodox church, dies at 76   

1686  Nicola Antonio Porpora, composer on August - 17.   

1717  On August - 17 france, Russia & Prussia sign agreement   

1720  On August - 17 charles D J Eisen, French engraver/painter (Contes de La Fontaine)   

1730  Mauritius Vogt, composer, dies at 61 on August - 17.   

1731  Johann Augustin Kobelius, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1743  Sweden & Russia sign peace treaty on August - 17.   

1775  Philippe Libon, composer on August - 17.   

1777  On August - 17 giuseppe Scarlotti, composer, dies at 54   

1779  Franz de Paula Roser, composer on this day in history.   

1785  On August - 17 jonathan Trumbull, US patriot, dies   

1786  On this day in history the birth of Davy Crockett, US frontiersman killed at the Alamo   

1786  On August - 17 davy Crockett, US, frontiersman/adventurer/politician (Alamo)   

1786  Frederik II, king of Prussia (1740-86)/composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

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1473  On this day in history birth of richard, Duke of York (d. 1483?)   

1578  On this day in history birth of francesco Albani, Italian painter (d. 1660)   

1586  Johann V Andreae, German vicar/writer (Christenburg) was born on this day in history.   

1601  Pierre de Fermat, mathematician who needed wider margins [or Aug 20] was born on this day in history.   

1629  King John III of Poland (d. 1696) was born on this day in history.   

1686  On this day in history birth of nicola Antonio Porpora, composer   

1720  Charles D J Eisen, French engraver/painter (Contes de La Fontaine) was born on this day in history.   

1753  Josef Dobrovský, Czech linguist (d. 1828) was born on this day in history.   

0754  On August - 17 karloman, abbot of Monte cassino, dies at >39   

1153  On August - 17 death of eustace IV of Boulogne, son of Stephen of England (b. 1130)   

1304  Death of Emperor Go-Fukakusa of Japan (b. 1243) on August - 17.   

1464  On this day in history nikolaus von Cusa, German theologist/mathematician/philosopher, dies   

1510  On this day in history death of edmund Dudley, English treasurer, beheaded   

1536  On August - 17 death of pietersz, book publisher (Kersten Knight   

1553  Charles III, Duke of Savoy, dies on this day in history.   

1635  On this day in history francisco de Moncada, Spanish earl of Osuna, dies at 48